Governor Christie is continuing to lie low today, with no public schedule, after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney chose U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running mate.

The normally outspoken governor has been quietly spending time with his family since learning he wasn’t going to be Romney’s choice, releasing a short statement through the Romney campaign.

Still, losing out to Ryan shouldn’t hurt Christie politically. Expect him to be a coveted Republican fundraiser in the upcoming presidential campaign. And as Charlie Stile wrote over the weekend, his position in national Republican circles may perfectly position Christie to be his party’s standard bearer in 2016, should Romney lose. Christie is expected to be announced as the keynote speaker at the Republican convention, which will only burnish his national reputation.

Also, in case you missed it, my colleagues Melissa Hayes, Chris Harris and Charlie Stile had a fantastic article over the weekend looking at embattled Assemblyman Robert Schroeder’s past history of political giving. Schroeder, who’s been charged by the state attorney general with writing bad checks, essentially bought his way to the upper echelon of New Jersey politics, self-financing his campaigns and donating generously to Republican candidates throughout the state.

Turning back to Christie. An appellate panel dealt a blow to his attempt to seize more than $100 million from towns’ affordable housing trust funds, ruling late Friday afternoon that the administration hadn’t followed proper procedure. Only the Council on Affordable Housing, which Christie has tried to abolish and which hasn’t met in the past year, can order the funds seized, a slit three-judge panel ruled.

And a federal grant designed to help New Jersey improve its business climate through the creation of a new website to match job-seekers with potential employees won’t exactly give the state a competitive edge. As my colleague Juliet Fletcher points out, it helps surrounding states match talent, too.

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Melissa Hayes, who has worked at The Record since 2010, covers Gov. Chris Christie and politics for the State House Bureau. Follow her on Twitter at @Record_Melissa. View all of her posts

Herb Jackson is the Washington correspondent for The Record, covering North Jersey issues on the Potomac, including the activities of the congressional delegation and federal policies that affect the region. Follow him on Twitter @Record_DC.View all of his posts.

Salvador Rizzo covers politics for The Record’s State House bureau, with a focus on financial issues and the state budget, and legal issues in the New Jersey courts. Follow him on Twitter @rizzoTK.View all of his posts.

Charles Stile is the political columnist for The Record. He is a former State House Bureau chief at The Record and has covered politics and government in New Jersey for more than two decades. Follow him on Twitter @PoliticalStile. View all of his posts